Mitchell



Ohio, have invented certain new and useful IO in sleigh-runners, and it is an improvement on I5 the various parts of which it is composed, as

ner. Fig. 2 is an inside view of the same. Fig.

5 rave, both constructed in the usual manner and 3 bolts 0, that pass through the posts and bars and through the runner, thus securing the'post to the posts, and serve to strengthen the same l5 receive a bolt, m, that passes through a pcrfo MITCHELL O. YVRIGHT,

OF NEVARK, Olll'U.

SLEiG H RUNN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application lied May 9-8. 1883.

Q0 all whom it masyeonoern:

Be it known that I, MITCHELL (l. Wnieirr, a citizen of the United States, residing at New ark, in the county of Licking and State ofg,

Improvements in Sleigh-Runners, of which the following is a specification, reference being-had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to improvements Letters Patent granted to me by the United States on the 14th day of August, 1877, andnumbered 194,208; and the invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of will be hereinafter more fully explained.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate my invention, in which. Figure 1 represents an outside vi cw of my r1 m- 3 isaeross-section, and Figs. 4 and 5 are do tail views.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the runner, and B the secured to one another by braces aa and posts I) b. To one side, preferably on the inside. of the runner are secured to the posts I) b bracebars a c, that are slotted at d to receive the and are secured by nuts f f. Said bars are formed with T-heads 9, that are perforated to receive the bolts h k, that pass through the short T-braces i i, having similar perforations,

and runner at the point where they intersect one another, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. Said bars are further provided wi th side flanges, j j, that overlap the corners of and assist in keeping the postsin their proper position. The bars just mentionedineline upward and inwardly, and terminate at the point k, through which are lateral perforations Z Zto ration in rocking support a. Said support is provided at its lower portion with outwardlyproyeeting feet or lugs o 0, that bear upon a spring, 12, secured to the upper face of the Patent No. 280,989, dated July 10, 1883,

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rave, as shown, and on either side of the support the same is provided with projecting semicircular in gs or bearings 11 11, that rest upon the top of the bars 0 t at the point where the same join one another. The vertical arms 9' -r of the support it are bolted together above the axle .9, thus securely clamping said axle between them and firmly seeming the support and axle to one another. The support is arranged or mounted upon the pivot-bolt 922, between the brace-bars and directly above the rave B, and the outer bar, it, is somewhat shorter than the inner one, the same extending only snfficiently far below the rave to connect the upper end of the post and rave by means of the transverse bolts a a, which latter also pass through the inner brace-bars, c c, at the same time. The bars on either side are shouldered, as at r '0, thereby strengthening posts and. rave where they intersect one another.

The letter 0 indicates a thiinble or sleeve to receive the spindle of the axle, and the same is provided on its under side with lugs w an, arranged in pairs and provided with lateral perforations m m to receive a bolt, g which passes through eyes in the ends of bracerods ca, l Zr, the opposite ends of which are secured to the rave and posts, as shown. The thimble aforesaid is constructed with an annular groove or seatbcaring, c, at its forward end, to receive an elastic ring, (1, which is interposed between said thimble and the nut c on the end of node, thereby preventing any rattling.

It will be observed by reference to the an nexed drawings that my runners are to take the place of the wheels of a vehicle when it is desired to use the vehicle as a sleigh, and the support, being constructed with the side semicircular hearings or lugs, relieves the pivotbolt from strain. At the same time the spring admits of a yielding movement to the runners, thereby permitting the same to ride easily and rise over any obstructions, and by means of the slotted braces the brace-rods a. b, attached to the posts, can be readily adjusted.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

2 sewn-2o 1. The combination, in a sleigh-runner, of with the rods a a b b, brace-bars, and. supthe slotted brace-bars c 0, support an, having port n, as shown and described. semicircular lugs or bearings q q and lugs or In testimony whereof I affix my signature in feet 0 0, spring thimble G, and brace-rods presence of two witnesses.

5 a a b b, as shown and described. MITCHELL G. WRIGHT.

2. The thimble 0, provided with the annular 'Witnesses: groove 0, adapted to receive the cushion d, A. H. JONES,

and lugs 1010 on its under side, in combination J GEN DAVID JONES. 

